Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My father was a UCF professor in the early 2000s when it was a commuter school with fewer than 10 buildings.

I would not recommend UCF to a serious student who wants to develop critical thinking, world perspective, and an intellectually oriented career. UCF is for students who would have gone to trade school in previous generations. The student body tends toward vocational programs like “hospitality and tourism” and “allied health.” These are good kids kids aiming for respectable blue collar or back office jobs. There’s nothing wrong with that, and UCF is a bridge into the middle class for many, many people. But for someone already in the middle or upper middle class, it would be a step backward.

But I think that the reputation of the school has changed significantly since the early 2000s. While hospitality continues to be strong, UCF has built a pretty strong reputation in computer science, aerospace engineering, game design and animation (and probably some others areas that I am not familiar with). I just wish that the school offered housing for all 4 years. But it seems like the housing shortage is an issue at all the Florida public schools.

I don’t know what a “strong reputation” means to you, but precious few of thosr game design and animation majors are getting jobs in those fields. CS majors may be getting jobs, but they’re IT support type gigs, not $$$ software developer roles at the big four.

It’s true, housing is short at all Florida schools. But the off campus market is robust and extremely appealing to students, for better or worse. The many, many student-oriented housing complexes close to UCF offer shuttles, and UCF has tried to provide parking that befits a commuter school.

^^^do you have data on these “IT support gigs” to prove your claims?

It's crazy how different UCF is these days. It reminds me how Virginia Tech used to be the safety/fall back school for those rejected from JMU back in the 90s. Given where our society is with tech, I think a lot of schools that focus on their tech programs will gain in popularity and competitiveness.

UCF has very reasonable out of state tuition, even without merit. It’s just a little more expensive than UMD or VT in state, so an option to look out if rejected in state.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My father was a UCF professor in the early 2000s when it was a commuter school with fewer than 10 buildings.

I would not recommend UCF to a serious student who wants to develop critical thinking, world perspective, and an intellectually oriented career. UCF is for students who would have gone to trade school in previous generations. The student body tends toward vocational programs like “hospitality and tourism” and “allied health.” These are good kids kids aiming for respectable blue collar or back office jobs. There’s nothing wrong with that, and UCF is a bridge into the middle class for many, many people. But for someone already in the middle or upper middle class, it would be a step backward.

But I think that the reputation of the school has changed significantly since the early 2000s. While hospitality continues to be strong, UCF has built a pretty strong reputation in computer science, aerospace engineering, game design and animation (and probably some others areas that I am not familiar with). I just wish that the school offered housing for all 4 years. But it seems like the housing shortage is an issue at all the Florida public schools.

I don’t know what a “strong reputation” means to you, but precious few of thosr game design and animation majors are getting jobs in those fields. CS majors may be getting jobs, but they’re IT support type gigs, not $$$ software developer roles at the big four.

It’s true, housing is short at all Florida schools. But the off campus market is robust and extremely appealing to students, for better or worse. The many, many student-oriented housing complexes close to UCF offer shuttles, and UCF has tried to provide parking that befits a commuter school.

What is your experience with UCF that would make you post this? Just curious.

It’s what University of Phoenix would be if it had an actual campus.

Anonymous wrote:My father was a UCF professor in the early 2000s when it was a commuter school with fewer than 10 buildings.

I would not recommend UCF to a serious student who wants to develop critical thinking, world perspective, and an intellectually oriented career. UCF is for students who would have gone to trade school in previous generations. The student body tends toward vocational programs like “hospitality and tourism” and “allied health.” These are good kids kids aiming for respectable blue collar or back office jobs. There’s nothing wrong with that, and UCF is a bridge into the middle class for many, many people. But for someone already in the middle or upper middle class, it would be a step backward.

But I think that the reputation of the school has changed significantly since the early 2000s. While hospitality continues to be strong, UCF has built a pretty strong reputation in computer science, aerospace engineering, game design and animation (and probably some others areas that I am not familiar with). I just wish that the school offered housing for all 4 years. But it seems like the housing shortage is an issue at all the Florida public schools.

My father was a UCF professor in the early 2000s when it was a commuter school with fewer than 10 buildings.

I would not recommend UCF to a serious student who wants to develop critical thinking, world perspective, and an intellectually oriented career. UCF is for students who would have gone to trade school in previous generations. The student body tends toward vocational programs like “hospitality and tourism” and “allied health.” These are good kids kids aiming for respectable blue collar or back office jobs. There’s nothing wrong with that, and UCF is a bridge into the middle class for many, many people. But for someone already in the middle or upper middle class, it would be a step backward.

DP. There are going to be real accreditation issues for all of the Florida institutions currently operating under DeSantis's rules. He knows this, which is why they've already mandated that FL publics shop their regional accreditation around yearly.

https://www.insidehighered.com/news/governance/accreditation/2023/08/30/flas-accreditation-shuffle-begins-one-college-gets-us

Note from the above that the institution has no idea what other accreditor it's going to. Other regional accreditors--which are organizations formed by the institutions they accredit and run with their dues and fees only--want no part of this crap.

FL insts will have options that include getting something other than regional accreditation or forming their own accrediting org. Neither of these will guarantee that credits are transferrable to other institutions.

It's likely to be a bumpy ride. I would not.

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Anonymous wrote:It’s a dump. Dorms are newer than UF and Fl. state bec this school was the safety for dummies until 2018 ish. It is still the dummies school as Florida allows anyone with a B or better to get into four year colleges. It’s guaranteed from lottery monies.

Unless you are instate total waste of money.

Not yo mention Florida colleges are headed to unaccredited

If you don’t know why you are stupid.

I think this person got rejected by UCF or just has an antiquated view about the university (kind of like people who remember University of Southern California having a 70-80% acceptance rate from the 80s-but not realizing how competitive it is now). UCF currently has an acceptance rate in the upper 30s/lower 40s and has quite a few stellar programs.

The PP is the idiot who always posts over-the-top, illegible liberal screeds about any university in the south. She will call you stupid if you are considering any of them because abortion is her #1 obsession. In short, she's a complete wackjob.

Anonymous wrote:It’s a dump. Dorms are newer than UF and Fl. state bec this school was the safety for dummies until 2018 ish. It is still the dummies school as Florida allows anyone with a B or better to get into four year colleges. It’s guaranteed from lottery monies.

Unless you are instate total waste of money.

Not yo mention Florida colleges are headed to unaccredited

If you don’t know why you are stupid.

And sheeeeeeeeeeeeee's back... the resident LWNJ troll.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a dump. Dorms are newer than UF and Fl. state bec this school was the safety for dummies until 2018 ish. It is still the dummies school as Florida allows anyone with a B or better to get into four year colleges. It’s guaranteed from lottery monies.

Unless you are instate total waste of money.

Not yo mention Florida colleges are headed to unaccredited

If you don’t know why you are stupid.

I think this person got rejected by UCF or just has an antiquated view about the university (kind of like people who remember University of Southern California having a 70-80% acceptance rate from the 80s-but not realizing how competitive it is now). UCF currently has an acceptance rate in the upper 30s/lower 40s and has quite a few stellar programs.

It’s amazing to me that some people still regard acceptance rates as a useful metric.

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You have no idea what you are talking about. I’m from Florida and know first hand UCF is the real deal though we are a UF family. It will likely surpass FSU in the next 5 years for academics.

People have been making this prediction for decades. It still hasn’t happened and is unlikely to any time soon. The same goes for USF, FIU, FAU, FGCU, etc. UF and FSU have built-in advantages that will keep them at the top. Being located in a big city isn’t the advantage that you think it is.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s a dump. Dorms are newer than UF and Fl. state bec this school was the safety for dummies until 2018 ish. It is still the dummies school as Florida allows anyone with a B or better to get into four year colleges. It’s guaranteed from lottery monies.

Unless you are instate total waste of money.

Not yo mention Florida colleges are headed to unaccredited

If you don’t know why you are stupid.

I think this person got rejected by UCF or just has an antiquated view about the university (kind of like people who remember University of Southern California having a 70-80% acceptance rate from the 80s-but not realizing how competitive it is now). UCF currently has an acceptance rate in the upper 30s/lower 40s and has quite a few stellar programs.

What programs are supposedly stellar?

Anonymous wrote:It’s a dump. Dorms are newer than UF and Fl. state bec this school was the safety for dummies until 2018 ish. It is still the dummies school as Florida allows anyone with a B or better to get into four year colleges. It’s guaranteed from lottery monies.

Unless you are instate total waste of money.

Not yo mention Florida colleges are headed to unaccredited

If you don’t know why you are stupid.

I think this person got rejected by UCF or just has an antiquated view about the university (kind of like people who remember University of Southern California having a 70-80% acceptance rate from the 80s-but not realizing how competitive it is now). UCF currently has an acceptance rate in the upper 30s/lower 40s and has quite a few stellar programs.